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Enhancing Scientific Wiki Articles in Indic Languages
Bridging the knowledge gap for the majority of India’s population — making fundamental science, regional biodiversity, and technological innovation accessible in native tongues.
Reach & Parity
The Knowledge Gap
India registers over 117 million daily Wikipedia views, yet critical scientific and technical research remains confined to English. We are dismantling this barrier to reach hundreds of millions of regional-language readers.
Digital Sovereignty
Language Empowerment
Modeled after thriving native-language digital encyclopedias worldwide, we are building a lasting, peer-reviewed Indian-language scientific corpus to serve students, educators, and field researchers for generations.
Curriculum & Research
Scientific Coverage
Spanning biological sciences, chemistry, astrophysics, hyper-local species taxonomy, and historic metallurgy — translating complex foundational science while standardizing accurate Indic terminology.
The Mission
Democratizing scientific knowledge
Our vision: A multilingual scientific knowledge commons where reliable scientific information can be discovered, understood, improved and shared by people across India.
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Explore by Subject
Select a scientific domain or topic to browse existing articles or start a new one.
Biology · Botany · Zoology · Microbiology · Genetics · Molecular Biology · Cell Biology · Ecology · Evolution · Biotechnology · Neuroscience · Immunology · Physiology
Biodiversity · Species · Taxonomy · Endangered Species · Wildlife · Birds · Insects · Fungi · Marine Life · Medicinal Plants · Ecosystems · Conservation Biology · Invasive Species
Additional Domains Relevant to India
Select a suggested topic to start creating or editing that entry.
Six Primary Collections
A simple starting point for readers, bringing together related subjects from the domains above.
Respectful and evidence-based documentation: Traditional and indigenous knowledge should be documented with appropriate attribution and reliable sources. Clearly distinguish cultural descriptions and traditional claims from scientifically tested findings.
Priority Areas for Interns
SciWiki interns can help build a strong foundation by focusing on these five areas:
How It Works
Article Quality Guidelines
Every SciWiki article should aim to be accurate, accessible, verifiable and well organised.
Quick checklist
- At least 6 KB of meaningful, readable text, excluding images, templates and infoboxes. - At least 2 reliable, independent sources with proper inline citations. - At least 2 specific and relevant categories. - Aim for 3 interlanguage links configured through Wikidata where equivalent articles exist. - Fully translated infobox labels, headings and standard parameter names. - Freely licensed media sourced from Wikimedia Commons with attribution. - Thoroughly proofread grammar, scientific terminology and factual accuracy.
Content and style
- Article length: Aim for at least 6 KB of meaningful, readable article text, excluding images, templates and infoboxes. Confirm how the target wiki measures article byte size before submission. - Tone and language: Use a clear, neutral and encyclopedic tone. Avoid literal, awkward or unreviewed machine translations. - Translation completeness: Translate relevant content, section headings, infobox labels and template parameters into the target language. - Scientific accuracy: Use established regional scientific terminology and explain specialised concepts clearly. Distinguish established findings from hypotheses and active research. - Proofreading: Check grammar, facts, formatting consistency and link functionality before submitting.
Sources, verification and copyright
- Reliable sources: Prefer peer-reviewed publications, university textbooks, recognised scientific institutions and reputable news outlets. - Inline citations: Support critical claims with citations that readers can independently verify. Use at least two reliable, independent sources. - Neutrality and verifiability: Follow the target wiki's core policies on neutral point of view, verifiability and appropriate use of automated tools. - Copyright and media: Prefer appropriately licensed images hosted on Wikimedia Commons. Never copy proprietary text without explicit Creative Commons licensing.
Formatting and metadata
- Infoboxes: Include an appropriate infobox when useful and supported by the target wiki. Adapt fields and parameters to the target language and available templates.
- Categorisation: Add at least two specific, relevant categories at the bottom of each article.
- Interlanguage links: Connect equivalent articles through Wikidata where possible. Aim for at least three language connections.
- Authority control: Add {{Authority control}} to biographies and other applicable pages only where supported.
- Dates: Follow the target wiki's standard date format conventions in published content.
Important note: These standards are SciWiki project baselines. Acceptance of any article ultimately rests with the editorial community and review procedures of each individual Wikipedia language edition.
Pilot Project Languages
Review, enrich and translate science articles for the SciWiki community. Our pilot project focuses on seven Indian languages, making reliable scientific knowledge accessible to readers in their mother tongues.
Seven pilot languages · One shared mission · Trusted science for everyone
Contribute to SciWiki
Every well-researched article helps make scientific knowledge more accessible, discoverable and reusable for millions of native speakers.
Need Help?
For questions, clarifications or assistance with contributions, contact the SciWiki project team. See SciWiki: Assisted article creation for further guidance, if that page is available on this wiki.
A project of the Language Technologies Research Centre (LTRC), IIIT Hyderabad
Principal Investigator: Dr. Radhika Mamidi